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Kuʻialua

/ Kuʻi-a-lua / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., God of trainees in lua fighting.

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KU-I-A-LU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of some art taught in former times; he nui ka poe i ao i ke kaala me ke kuialua.

kuialua

/ ku'i-ă-lū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A warlike art taught in former times: He nui ka poe i ao i ke ka ala me ke kui alua; Many persons were taught to use the ikoi (a missile resembling a boomerang) and the lua.

2. n., A form of assailing by throwing missiles.

3. n., The god of the games of ikoi and lua.

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kuiʻalua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Ancient game, a form of lua fighting, more often practiced by bodyguards of the chiefs than used in war; art of wrestling and bone breaking. (KILO.)

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